Bottle-stopper.



PATEN'TED JUNE 16', 1908.

WITNESSES INVENTOI? EnwAnIJ H-5PEEBE 3 8) 1/ Q Ad-rv A 77'0RNEYS EDWARD H. SPEECE, OF BEATTY, NEVADA.

BOTTLE-STOPPER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Tune 16, 1908.

. Application'filed October 28, 1907. Serial No. 398,748. 7

To all whom it may concern: Y

Be it known that I, EDWARD H. SrEEcE, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Beatty, in the county of Nye and Stateof Nevada, have invented certain new and useful' Improvements in Bottle Stoppers, of

-which the following is a specification.

My invention is an improvement in bottle 1 I I a stoppers, and conslsts 1n certainnovel constructions and combinations of parts hereinafter described and claimed.

, form of bottle neck ends.

, material suc i of the bottle, the} annular shoulders being re- 1 Referring to the drawings forming a part hereof Figure .1 is a vertical section through a portion of a bottle provided with my improved stopper, and 2 is an enlarged section of the stopper. 1

The bottle A is of ordinary construction,

being provided with a neck a having at the end thereof anannular shoulder a, and a second shoulder a below the first shoulder.

. The upper face of the shoulder a is inclined as shown in Fig. 1, and the lower shoulder a? is abrupt, this construction being the usual The stopper B is of flexible and resilient body I) and a'neck b. The body portion is rovided with a spherical elevation 12 which is adapted to enter the end of the neck, as shown in Fig. 1, and the neck portion 1) is provided with annular depressions b and b for receiving the shoulders a and a of the bottleA.. I

In use when the stopper is laced on the bottle the spherical elevation I? inner surface of the neck, and the neck por tion of the stopper closely encircles theneck as rubber, and comprises aengages the 7 firmly Should ceived in the depressions whereby to maintain the stopper in osition.

there be gas in the bottle t e pressure of the gas tends to retain. the stopper more firmly in place, the gas acting on the spherical elevation I), which tends'to force the lower edge of the neck of the stopper more firmly into contact withthe neck of the bottle.

To remove the stopper it .is grasped at the points as w, and drawn upwardly. This pressure tends to loosen the edges of the stopper neckand to also loosen the spherical elevation from the interior of the neck.

It will be evident from the description that the stopper is easily placed and easily removed when, manipulated in the proper manner and that the'stopper furnishes an eflicient closure for the bottle.

I claim- 1. The combination with the bottle having a neck provided on its outer surface at the edge thereof with an annular shoulder and with a second shoulder spaced apart from the first shoulder, of a closure comprising a resilient caphaving depressions for receiving the annular shoulders, and a spherical elevation for entering the neck of the bottle.

2. A bottle. -c'losure comprising a cap of resilient material, said cap having a body ortion provided with a s or entering the neck of a ottle, and a neck provided with depressions for receiving the shoulders on the neck of the bottle.

EDWARD" H. SPEEGE.

Witnesses 2 GEO. PROBASCO, O'rro JOHNSON.

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